Chocolate raw balls

Such a delicious treat/snack

It’s weekend and you might be wondering what to treat yourself with and how to satisfy your sweet tooth? Well, don’t you worry, cause I’ve got you covered. These chocolate raw balls are so delicious, they are nut free, dairyfree, vegan, glutenfree and refined sugar free! It got a rich chocolate flavor, with a hint of coffee and a yummy crunch from the buckwheat! The recipe is from talented Tiril Refsum, in her book “Rågodt”.

These are perfect to make on a Sunday as you can save them up for the week when the hangry mood strikes or you need a quick snack in between your busy schedule. Also not a bad idea to reward yourself with a treat after a good long day of work either;)

The ingredients you’ll need are simple:

• Dates

• Shredded coconut

• Cacao powder

• Espresso shot (2 tbsp) or 1 tsp of coffee powder

• Coconut sugar / brown sugar (if you don’t have any of ingredients play around with honey or maple syrup but then see with the consistency of the dough)

• Salt to enhance the chocolate flavor

• Whole buckwheats

Just mix all ingredients in a food processor except the buckwheat until the dough becomes sticky. Then you can add in some buckwheat to your preferring and pulse lightly with the food processor so that it’s mixed with the dough. After you can roll them into balls and cover them with either cacao powder or shredded coconut.

As this is a recipe from the book of Tiril I won’t share the exact measurements but the ingredients are there for you to try it out and make the delicious healthier treat/snack.

Refrigerate them after you have rolled them into balls! Then after 30 min, you can enjoy them;)

Keep them in an airtight container in the fridge and they last for a week:)

Have a lovely Sunday guys,

With love & care Melanie x

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Best healthy cookies!

Will do you no harm, only good!

It’s weekend and it’s time for a sweet treat! And these healthy cookies are the answer!

This recipe I found from @thebigmansworld being the best healthy cookies searched on Pinterest.

Was that right? BIG YES!

Recipe:

• 2 cups blanched almond flour

• 1/4 cup corn starch

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 6 tbs maple syrup

• 2 tbs coconut oil

• 1/4 cup almond milk

• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees.

2. In a bowl mix your dry ingredients.

3. In a saucepan, combine your maple syrup and coconut oil and heat until melted.

4. Add the syrup/coconut mixture to your bowl along with almond milk to mix well with your dry ingredients. Fold in the dark chocolate chips but be careful not over mixing it.

5. Form balls with the cookie batter on a line of parchment paper. Press them down so they become a cookie;)

6. Bake for 12 minutes and let them rest so that they keep their shape!

Enjoy these ones without guilt, I mean it, you will seriously enjoy them so so much.

They are:

• Vegan

• Gluten-free

• Refined sugar free

Credit to https://thebigmansworld.com/healthy-chocolate-chip-cookies/ as I found the recipe from this website.

With love & care, Melanie x

Easter egg treat

Marzipan with dark chocolate everybody

The recipe is super easy and they are healthy! The only downside is that it takes time making them. But, I will say that it will teach you patience and to enjoy the process!

So how we make them? You’ll need almonds, medjool dates, dark chocolate (at least 70%), some shredded coconut, for coloring; juice of raspberries and turmeric powder, and some nicely chopped pistachios!

Ingredients:

1. 150 grams of almonds

2. 3-5 medjool dates without stones

3. One plate of dark chocolate to melt

Instructions:

1. First cook the almonds for around 5-10 minutes.

2. Then they should be ready to take off the skin and you’ll get your blanched almonds!

3. Put them into the food processor and blend together with 3 or 5 medjool dates, this depends how sweet you want your marzipan to be.

4. When you have gotten a nice texture, use the batter to form your Easter eggs!

5. Melt the dark chocolate on low temperature and cover your formed eggs with help of a skewer you stick through them or with a spoon.

6. As toppings, mix shredded coconut together with 1/2 to 1 tsp of turmeric powder to get the yellow color and for pink, mix the shredded coconut with juice of raspberries. Chop some pistachios and you’ve got a touch of green!

7. When you have finished off with the chocolate and toppings, let them cool in the fridge for some time.

8. A tip, take a glass and cover it with aluminum foil, then simply stick your skewer through it so it stands. That way you’ll have perfectly rounded eggs!

Here you see the texture of blanched almonds and dates blended in the food processor

Here you see the chopped pistachios, shredded coconut with the natural coloring added

Voila! Enjoy your healthy Easter treats!

Note: if you want stronger coloring than I had, simply add more of the raspberry juice or more of turmeric powder. You won’t notice the taste.